Coffeepot attachment



Sept. 18, 1923.

W. C. ONG

COFFEE POT ATTACHMENT Filed Sept. '7, 1922 4 7 6 H H g H lw Patented Sept. 18, 1923.

hdttgilf EPATFLN WALTER C. ONG, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

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Application filed September 7, 1922. Serial No. 586,564.

the beverage is being poured therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment of this nature which is extremely simple inconstruction, efficient in operatiomand one'which can be manu factured at a very small cost.

to provide an attachment in the nature of a strainer which can be readily placed in or removed from the coffee pot and when in place will prevent the coffee grounds from commingling with the beverage as it is poured from the pot.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the'novel features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangements of parts and hereinafter to be fully described and pointed out in the a pended claims Figure 1 is a side elevation of the pot, partly in section, showing the invention in place therein. V

' Figure 2 is a sectional view on line '22 of the Figure 1'.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary detailed perspective view of the attachment.

Referring to the drawing 1 designates a coffee pot provided with the usual pouring spout 2, said pot being of a conventional arranged rings 3 and 4t, the former having I its upper edge disposed above the planeof the latter, and is provided at diametrically opposed points'with elongated seats 5, and located adjacent the lower ends of these seats are perforations 6, the purpose of which will appearlater.

The ring 4 'is split, as at 7 so that it can be conveniently placedwithin the confines of the ring 3. The'ring4 serves to clamp the skirt 8 of the fabric sheet 9 in tight enwhich are adapted to detachably engage the perforations 6 and when the lower ends of the bails areengaged in the seats 5, said handle bail will be held in a vertical position and can be conveniently manipulated to insert Or remove the attachment from the coffee pot.

Since the handle bail 10 is formed from V resilient wire, it is obvious that the same will 'A still further object of the invention 1s yieldably engage the seats 5 to prevent accidental tilting thereof, but at the same time it can be contracted to permit the pintles 11 to be conveniently removed from the perforations 6. V

y In use, the attachment is placed in the pot in the position as shown in Figure 1 of the drawing, thereby confining the grounds 12 a considerable distance below the spout 2, and since the attachment is of such diameter as to snugly engage the interior of the pot, the same will be held against acci dental movement when the pot is tilted to pour the beverage therefrom. Thus it will be seen that when the attachment is in place that the grounds 12 will be so confined that the possibility of the grounds commingling with the beverage as it is poured from the pot is positively eliminated.

It will be observed that the lower end of the handle bail 10 is located in close proX-- iinity to the upper edge-of the inner ring 4, and it will be obvious that when the attachment is forced into the coffee pot and in contact with the grounds therein that the pressure exerted on the fabric sheet 9 can not cause the ring 4 to move upwardly since the upper edge thereof will. contact with'the lower end of said bail.

hat is claimed is 1; An attachment of the class described, comprising inner and outer rings, a sheet of fabric having its skirt confined between the rings, the outer ring having aligned seats and perforations formed therein, a handle bail having pintles for detachably engaging the perforations, the lower ends of said bail being yieldabiy engaged in said seats and ring being split, a; sheet; e-fi: fabric having its above the upper edge of the inner ring to skirt confined between said rings, a handle limit the upward movement thereof. bailpivetaliy and detaehably engaged With 1 2. An attachment of the class described, the outer ring. 5 comprising inner and outer rings, the outer In testimony ring having its upper edge disposed above the plane of the inner ring, the said inner WALTER C. ONG.

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